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Construction Of Grain Grinding Machine
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For several decades, men were faced with challenges of particles being
grinded alongside with grains with the available grinders, however, the
grinded products were unknowingly consumes by the consumers and thereby
cause series of illness in the human system. Globally, moving away from
traditional foods to more refined Western diets has been linked to
increases in the prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases
(Suleyman, 2014) of which over the years, the means to overcome this
challenge has been searching for.
Most developing countries like
Nigeria experience high mortality rate and this is exacerbated by poor
health delivery and inadequate monitoring of foodstuffs which results in
high intake of unwholesome food. High level of trace metals in food is a
potential source of disease when consumed by humans and constant
monitoring of foodstuff for trace metal contamination is crucial for the
health of the citizenry due to the various diseases they induce.
Unhygienic grinding of grains for foodstuff with old and worn out
grinding machines is the usual practice in Nigerian markets and the
operators do not appreciate the health risks involved in their
operations (Jude and Prosper, 2016).
Heavy metals disrupt basic
metabolic functions in two ways: on one hand, they disrupt the
functioning of vital organs and glands such as the heart, brain, kidney,
bone or liver, on the other hand, they move nutrients that are
essential minerals and prevent them from fulfilling their biological
functions. For example, aluminum as a chelator has the ability to
capture and prevent the uptake of essential elements such as calcium,
zinc and copper, and disrupt the proper use of many of them (Dabonne et
al, 2010). This metal is heavily involved in the onset of Alzheimer's
disease. It is responsible for the alteration of neurons (Miu and Beng,
2006; Bharathi et al., 2008). Depending on the heavy metal in question,
toxicity can occur at levels just above naturally occurring background
levels, meaning that consumption of foods with a high heavy metal
concentration can cause acute or chronic poisoning (Llobet et al, 2003).
Poisoning can result in damaged or reduced mental and central nervous
function, as well as damage to blood composition, lungs, kidneys, liver,
and other vital organs. Long-term exposure to heavy metals may result
in slowly progressing physical, muscular, and neurological degenerative
conditions as well as cancer (Llobet et al, 2003). A domestic grain
grinding machine is equipment used for grinding maize, beans, melon,
millet and such other food crops. This equipment comprises essentially
of an electric motor, belt, pulley, transmission shaft, hopper, mills,
spiral conveyor and stands. These alleviate the rigors and problems we
encounter when grinding grains for the foodstuff. A domestic grain
grinding machine is a domestic grinder that is used to grind various
grains of any form without the usual metallic or heavy particles being
eating by human being.
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